Germany

Ulm 5 Trial Dramatizes Germany’s Complicity With Israel’s Genocide

September 29, 2026 Hebh Jamal, Portside. Resist! Elbit, Genocide, Germany, Legal System, Palestine, weapons

Nearly fifty years after the infamous Red Army Faction trials, Germany’s maximum-security Stammheim Prison is once again the setting of a high-profile case that calls into question the conduct of the German state. This time, however, the defendants are five international pro-Palestinian activists charged with vandalizing a factory in the German city of Ulm owned by Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems. On September 8, 2025, the five Berlin-based activists, now known as the Ulm 5, broke into Elbit’s facility and carried out acts of vandalism that they recorded using body cameras and posted online.

German Amazon Workers Organize To Get Paid For Every Minute

September 29, 2026 Luis Feliz Leon, Labor Notes. Organize! Amazon, Germany, Wage Theft, Worker Rights

Amazon workers at four delivery and sorting warehouses in Germany are organizing to make every minute count. They’re demanding that Amazon pay them for every minute of work, saying in a petition that the company is stealing their time. Working even 10 unpaid minutes a day, the workers say, adds up to 4.5 workdays per year of free labor, or about $712 U.S. (618 euros) in stolen wages. And at the most extreme, stolen time can reach up to 45 minutes per day. The petition identifies three ways Amazon is stealing workers’ time

German Students Say ‘We Don’t Want To Go To War’

September 27, 2026 Ana Vracar, BreakThrough News. Resist! Germany, Militarization, Military Recruitment, Youth Activism

Thousands of students across Germany were once again on strike against conscription and militarization on Friday, September 25. Actions took place in at least 100 localities as young people demanded a sharp turn from the government’s chosen path. “We don’t want to be forced into military service and we don’t want to go to war,” the students wrote in declaration after their last strike in May. This is the fourth time students have exchanged classrooms for streets since the end of 2025. The mobilization has strengthened in resistance to the Merz administration’s plans to build the “strongest conventional army in Europe.”

German ‘Anti-Semitism Expert’ Driving Crackdown Is Former Israeli Spy

September 26, 2026 Alan MacLeod, Mintpress News. Educate! Germany, Mossad, Palestine, State Repression, Zionism

Munich-based “anti-Semitism expert” organizing political action helping restrict pro-Palestine protests across Germany is a former Israeli spy, MintPress can reveal. Since October 7, 2023, Guy Katz, professor of international management at Munich University of Applied Sciences, has become one of the leading figures in German politics on the subject of Israel and anti-Semitism. Katz has founded numerous organizations purporting to fight anti-Semitism, spoke in parliament, and worked with police to help them crack down on anti-Israel speech. He is, however, reportedly a former spy for Israeli intelligence outfit, the Mossad.

Cars Out, Weapons In At Volkswagen’s Osnabrück Factory

September 19, 2026 Gary Wilson, Struggle - La Lucha. Educate! Germany, Volkswagen, Wars and Militarism, weapons

Volkswagen’s plant in Osnabrück, Germany, is running out of cars. Weapons production is moving in. In a stark symbol of Germany’s shrinking civilian industrial base being retooled for war, Volkswagen agreed Sept. 7 to sell the historic factory to the German state of Lower Saxony and Israeli investment firm Aurelius Capital. Civilian car production will end in the summer of 2027. In its place, Aurelius Capital and Lower Saxony plan to turn the factory into a military production hub. The first project would be with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israel’s state-owned arms manufacturer.

Berlin: Week-Long Solidarity Vigil For Cuba

September 15, 2026 Workers World. Resist! Cuba, Economic Blockade, Germany, International Solidarity

On behalf of the Unblock Cuba coalition and over 50 participating organizations, we would like to inform you about the upcoming protest vigil for Cuba outside the U.S. Embassy in Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate from Saturday, Sept. 12, through Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, and cordially invite you to stop by the protest vigil and report on it. The current U.S. administration under Donald Trump has significantly tightened the blockade measures in an effort to bring the Caribbean island nation of Cuba politically to its knees.

Germany Urges ICJ To Dismiss Accusations Of Genocide

September 7, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! Gaza, Genocide, Germany, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Nicaragua

Germany has formally asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to dismiss the ongoing legal case brought by Nicaragua, which accuses Berlin of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention by arming and supporting Israel, Reuters reported on 7 September. The Nicaraguan case accusing Germany of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention builds on the case filed by South Africa in 2023 at the ICJ accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. German representatives testifying before the ICJ acknowledged that Berlin heavily restricted military exports to Israel between August and November 2025, halting the issuance of final export licenses for several weeks.

Germany Escalates Tensions With Russia, Continues Support For Israel

September 5, 2026 Ana Vracar, BreakThrough News. Educate! Foreign Relations, Germany, Russia, Wars and Militarism

German authorities have blamed Russia for a drone attack on a cargo plane at an airport in Leipzig in early August, marking a new escalation in tensions towards the Russian Federation. Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s administration summoned Russian diplomats and announced new sanctions following these accusations. Russia has denied involvement and responded by summoning the German chargé d’affaires in Moscow. “It was stressed that the German Government’s decision to use this contrived pretext to close the Russian Consulate General in Bonn and the Russian House of Science and Culture in Berlin is viewed as yet another step towards the complete dismantling of the bilateral relationship painstakingly built by generations of Russian and German politicians and diplomats,” the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on September 2.

Thousands Join Peace Days To Support Antimilitarism And Solidarity

September 2, 2026 Zetkin Forum for Social Research, BreakThrough News. Organize! Demilitarization, Germany, International Solidarity, Peace Movement, Social Movements

On August 28-30, over 5,000 people gathered in Berlin for the UZ-Friedenstage – Unsere Zeit’s Peace Days – the bi-annual festival organized by the German Communist Party (DKP). The program included political discussions, concerts, readings, and workshops, representing notable growth since the last edition in 2024. The festival drew a cross-generational audience of trade unionists, activists, students, authors, ambassadors, renters’ associations, and communist and workers’ parties from around the world. The Peace Days took place against the backdrop of Germany’s militarization and the government’s measures against workers’ rights, social provision, and democratic participation.

Germany’s ‘Summer Of Reforms’ To Accelerate Militarization

July 18, 2026 Matthew Read, BreakThrough News. Educate! Austerity, Finance and the Economy, Germany, Militarization

In the shadow of the FIFA World Cup, the German government – a coalition of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) – is pushing through a self-described “summer of reforms” that it promises will revive the stagnating economy and keep Germany “competitive” in a changing world. In practice, Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s program amounts to a comprehensive offensive against workers’ rights, social provision, and democratic participation. In recent months alone, the government has advanced plans to slash health services, push back the retirement age, extend the working day beyond eight hours, and begin privatizing pensions.

Weaponizing Civil Death To Crush Dissidents

July 2, 2026 The Chris Hedges Report. Resistance Report European Union (EU), Germany, Huseyin Dogru, Palestine, Press Freedom, Sanctions

The war on information in the West has tread new grounds since the genocide in Palestine. Journalists and media outlets who report on the imperialist endeavors of the ruling class increasingly find themselves under the boot of legislators who concoct fascist legislation to act as imperial henchmen. Their methods are stretching the limits of the law with the scope and severity of the punishments imposed. Nowhere is this repression more apparent than in Germany where, since October 7 of 2023, governments have banned languages and symbols related to Palestine and many people, not only journalists but also professors, doctors and lawyers, have lost their jobs for speaking out against the genocide or participating in pro-Palestine demonstrations.

German Students Expand Strike Against Conscription, Militarization

May 15, 2026 Henriette Kleiner, People's Dispatch. Resist! conscription, Germany, Militarization, Strikes, Student Activism

On May 8, 45,000 students joined a school strike against conscription and militarization in 150 cities across the country. The strike was held on the 81st anniversary of Victory Day, which brought peace to Europe at the end of World War II. This was the third school strike since December 5, 2025, the day the new conscription law was passed unanimously by the German parliament, the Bundestag. In Berlin, around 7,500 students marched from Brandenburger Tor to the headquarters of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU), the party of current Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

We Have To Restore People’s Confidence In Collective Strength

May 6, 2026 German Foreign Policy, People's Dispatch. Strategize! Arizona government, Belgium, Colonialism, Far-right in Europe, Germany, Palestine Solidarity, Russia–Ukraine war, US Imperialism

In a recent interview with German Foreign Policy, Peter Mertens talks about the wave of protests in Belgium against the erosion of workers’ rights and social standards, which has been ongoing for more than a year. Mertens is an author and General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Belgium (PVDA-PTB), which has participated in the trade union-led demonstrations and strikes from the outset and is currently the strongest party in the capital region of Brussels, polling at more than a quarter of the vote. Mertens argues that the link between social protests and the fight against militarization is obvious: “It is the same people who are footing the bill for both”; this is “impossible to ignore”.

‘Kuffiyehs In Buchenwald’ Campaign Challenges Germany’s Anti-Palestinian Culture Of Remembrance

March 31, 2026 Leon Wystrychowski, Mondoweiss. Resist! Censorship, culture, Germany, Kuffiyehs, State Repression

For more than ten years now, Germany has seen a large-scale campaign against alleged antisemitism that in reality targets nothing more than criticism of Zionism – or even criticism of Israeli policy. This campaign has been driven primarily by the major political parties, the mainstream media, and several foundations, and initially focused above all on the arts and cultural sectors. Those targeted included the Cameroonian historian Achille Mbembe, the U.S. philosopher Judith Butler, the Israeli sociologist Moshe Zuckermann, the former director of the Jewish Museum Berlin Peter Schäfer, the British musician Roger Waters, and the late Syrian artist Burhan Karkutli. F

School Strike In Germany: 50,000 Against Military Service

March 7, 2026 Nathaniel Flakin, Left Voice. Resist! Anti-war Movement, conscription, Germany, Strikes, Student Activism

At 11:00 am, teenagers started flooding Potsdamer Platz. They came from schools around the city, marching in groups of 50 or 100, waving banners and banging drums. “Not one person and not one penny for the Bundeswehr,” they chanted. “I don’t want to die for a country that doesn’t offer me anything,” said Karl, 18, a student at Evangelische Schule Berlin Zentrum in Mitte. “They talk about protecting us while cutting funding for education and culture.” On January 1, Germany’s military began sending out questionnaires to people born in 2008 as they turn 18 this year.

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